Top 1200 Inspirational Art Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.

All art becomes history as soon as it is made, so it is inevitably part of a tradition. It doesn't matter a toss if it is in paint or in film; it is all art.

I still believe that the best art - be it music, comedy, painting, etc. - is the art that hasn't been asked for, or is expected.

Art is beyond the enmity! That's why you can always love the art of your enemy, even though you hate him!

Living is the art of loving. Loving is the art of caring. Caring is the art of sharing. Sharing is the art of living. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Efforts to revive the art principles of the past at best produce works of art that resemble a stillborn child.

But as I see it, the most corrupt art is the sentimental the art of orange blossoms which make pale women swoon.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability

Art curates compassion. Art to me breaks down walls and allows us to step into somebody else's shoes.

I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.

In every art, beginners must start with models of those who have practiced the same art before them.

Art is about communication. Art that lasts through the ages works symbolically. It triggers feelings and experiences that we've all had.

Future art that is based on appearances won't look like the art that's gone before. Even revivals of a period are not the same.

I think the problem with the art market and the art scene is that it is its own beast. It thrives and breathes and defecates independently of the artist.

I expect to see the coming decades transform the planet into an art form; the new man, linked in a cosmic harmony that transcends time and space, will sensuously caress and mold and pattern every facet of the terrestrial artifact as if it were a work of art, and man himself will become an organic art form.

Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty.

Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work.

You can't dance cheerfully. Dancing is too important. It can be wild or solemn or gay or lewd or art for art's sake, but it can't be cheerful.

Some people are able to not only entertain the public in any way that they can but also in some way to throw in some sort of inspirational message with the entertainment. I have always tried to do that with whatever I wrote. And I'm sure that a lot of other writers do, too.

The object of art like every other product creates a public which is sensitive to art and enjoys beauty.

The art of climbing is the art of survival. The best climber is the man or woman going in the most crazy places but surviving.

My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art.

Do not set out to make Mexican art, or American, Chinese, or Russian art. Think in terms of universality.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

One of the challenges to our nation today is overcoming the notion that art is kind of a nice-to-have, when in reality art is a need-to-have.

As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.

I don't really believe in political art. I feel in my heart the purpose of art transcends cultural and class and politics. I think something like the Sistine Chapel is something that goes beyond just being a Christian thing. It transcends its Christianity and becomes sort of a universal beauty. And I think that's true of music and art and literature.

I've been covering the art industry for nine years, and I still don't feel like I have a clear grasp on what an art consultant does. What's the difference between a dealer and an art consultant? Who are they? What's their day to day like? So I asked a few private dealers, consultants and curators to talk about what they do. Everyone told me a different story.

There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.

In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with burgeoning racism, rife with growing huddles of the homeless, we need art and we need art in all forms. We need all methods of art to be present, everywhere present, and all the time present.

There is a lot that horses and art share in common. I have found that most horse people are art lovers, and vice versa.

Fairs are beneath the dignity of art. To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares - it is just not how you sell art.

Art is not in some far-off place. A work of art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short for 'Arthur.'

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It's a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves.

I don't create from a place of me making art for art's sake, but wanting my work to actually do stuff... tangible things.

Learning to trust our intuition is an art form, and like all other art forms, it takes practice to perfect.

I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.

A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.

Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.

Art is about energy positive and negative. All art has the power to heal because it helps us see who we are, and what we resist.

The true artist does not create art as an end in itself; he creates art for human beings. Humanity is the goal.

I believe in art that is connected to real human feeling, that extends itself beyond the limits of the art world to embrace all people who are striving for alternatives in an increasingly dehumanized world. I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.

Art is only great if it's uncodifiable. If art isn't scaring you, if it's not making you upset, then I don't think it's actually doing anything.

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down.

I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them.

The man who would emancipate art from discipline and reason is trying to elude rationality, not merely in art, but in all existence.

If the picture is not an artistic picture, it's show, like television. Television series are very funny, but it's a collective production. An industrial art. A car is not made by a person, it's made by a group of creators, only to go to the market to buy your cigarettes. That is a car - they are not a big art, they are a little art.

The cave art of Madison Avenue has been by far the most innovative and educative art form of the twentieth century.

I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of people are going to want to make art that's like an algorithm. But my language is painting, and painting is the opposite of that. There's something primal about it. It's innate, the need to make marks. That's why, when you're a child, you scribble.

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.